Spoon-bait



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES B. HIBBARD, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

SPOON-BAIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,758, dated March25, 1884:.

`Application iled June 28, 1883. (Model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAELEs B. HIBBARD, of Grand Rapids, in the countyof Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spoon-Baits, and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, 4such aswillenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.`

My invention relates to improvements in spoon-baits, of the classwherein the spoon is attached to a supporting-wire by a yieldingconnection which permits the spoon to be movedinwardly, and when thepressure is released to return to its ordinary position.

The object of myinvention is to simplify the construction oftheconnecting devices, and also to locate them so that they will notinterfere with the action of the spoon or with the line.

` My invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ofthe parts composing the device, `as will be fully hereinafter explained.p

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is va side elevation. Figi 3 isan elevation of the spoon. Fig. 4 is an end view.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the wire having a loop ateach end, to

which are attachedthe hook and line.

C represents the` spoon, having at its forward end an eye which slidesupon the rod, and is limited in its motion by the inner end of the loop.Uponthe spoon C is soldered aspring, D, composed of a length of wirebent to form a double spring and having its bent portion formed in aloop. Between the parallel sides of the spring is soldered a stop, E,the free end of which is curved outwardly and then down, as shown. Thespring is connected Fig. 2 is a detail of lever F.

to the wire by an arm or lever, F, having at one end an eye, I), whichslides upon the rod,

and at the other end a curved loop, c, which is clearly illustrated indetail in Fig. 2. The

straight portion of the lever passes between the parallel sides of thespring, and is then curved round and under such spring,as shown, thelower portion of the loop fitting within the space left by forming thecurve in the end of the stop, as before described. Obviously now thespoon may revolve on the wire and may slide freely back and forththereon. At the same time the spoon may be pressed inwardly, which willcause the loop on the end thereby changes the relative position of the4spoon and its supporting-wire, until such parts assume their iirstpositions.`

I am aware that spring-connections between the spoon and itssupportingwires are not new, and I do not make any claim, broadly,

to such construction, my claims being limited to the improvement indetails which I have invented.

What I claim isl. The combination of the wire A, the spoon l VO, thespring D, secured to the spoon, and the independent lever F, connectedto the spring at one end, as described, and at the other to the wire A.

2. The combination, with the wire A and sliding lever F, of the slidingrevolving spoon C, having the doubled springrod D and stop E,substantially as described.

CHARLES B. HIBBARD.

